ちゅう

Japanese

Etymology 1

Ideophonic.

Noun

ちゅう (rōmaji chū)

  1. a kiss
    Synonyms: キス (kisu), 口付け (kuchizuke), 接吻 (seppun)

Verb

ちゅうする (rōmaji chū suru)

  1. to kiss, smooch
Conjugation
Conjugation of "ちゅうする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) ちゅうし chū shi
Continuative (連用形) ちゅうし chū shi
Terminal (終止形) ちゅうする chū suru
Attributive (連体形) ちゅうする chū suru
Hypothetical (仮定形) ちゅうすれ chū sure
Imperative (命令形) ちゅうせよ¹
ちゅうしろ²		 chū seyo¹
chū shiro²
Key constructions
Passive ちゅうされる chū sareru
Causative ちゅうさせる
ちゅうさす		 chū saseru
chū sasu
Potential ちゅうできる chū dekiru
Volitional ちゅうしよう chū shiyō
Negative ちゅうしない chū shinai
Negative continuative ちゅうせず chū sezu
Formal ちゅうします chū shimasu
Perfective ちゅうした chū shita
Conjunctive ちゅうして chū shite
Hypothetical conditional ちゅうすれば chū sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeia.

Noun

ちゅう (rōmaji chū)

  1. a squeak (sound made by mice)
  2. a chirp (sound made by small birds)
  3. sound made by sucking liquid
Derived terms

Adverb

ちゅう (rōmaji chū)

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Etymology 3

⟨to2 ipu⟩ → */tipu/ → /t͡sifu/ → /t͡ɕɨu/ → /t͡ɕuː/

Shift from Old Japanese と言ふ (to ipu → to iu). Compare てふ (tepu) → ちょう (chō).

Phrase

ちゅう (rōmaji chū, historical hiragana ちふ)

  1. (archaic) Short for と言う (to iu): This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
    • c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 7, poem 1170), text here
      佐 (さ)左 (さ)浪 (なみ)乃 (の)連庫山 (なみくらやま)尓 (に)雲 (くも)居者 (ゐれば)雨 (あめ)會 (ぞ)零 (ふる)智 (ち)否 (ふ)反 (かへり)来 (こ)吾 (わが)背 (せ) [Man'yōgana]
      楽浪 (ささなみ)の連庫山 (なみくらやま)に雲 (くも)居 (ゐ)れば雨 (あめ)ぞ降 (ふ)るちふ帰 (かへ)り来 (こ)我 (わ)が背 (せ) [Modern spelling]
      Sasanami no Namikura-yama ni kumo ireba ame zo furu chū kaeri ko waga se
      (please add an English translation of this example)

Etymology 4

Readings of various kanji.

Noun

ちゅう (rōmaji chū)

  1. 宙: This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
  2. 注: This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
  3. 註: This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
  4. 酎: This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
  5. 儔: This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
  6. 疇: This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Suffix

ちゅう (rōmaji -chū)

  1. 中: medium; during, in the middle of
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